Re: Plastics & Ceramics

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Original poster: Jim Lux <jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

At 01:22 PM 12/14/2005, you wrote:
> Original poster: Mddeming@xxxxxxx
> Hi All,
>
>     I have noticed that some plastics and some ceramics get hot in 
> the microwave oven and some do not. Is there any correlation 
> between this heating effect and and substances use as a dielectric in TC work?

yes and no.. A substance that is lossy at 2.4 GHz might not be all 
that lossy at <1 MHz, so getting hot in a microwave isn't necessarily 
the kiss of death.

However, if it doesn't get hot at all, then that's a good sign.


> Thanks,
> Matt D.